different between insulate vs insulation

English

Etymology

From Late Latin insulatus (“made like an island”), past participle of insulare (“to make like an island”), from insula (“island”); see insular.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??nsj?le?t/, /??n??le?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??ns?le?t/
• Hyphenation: in?su?late

Verb

insulate (third-person singular simple present insulates, present participle insulating, simple past and past participle insulated)

1. To separate, detach, or isolate.
2. To separate a body or material from others, e.g. by non-conductors to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, etc.

   Ceramic can be used to insulate power lines.

Synonyms

• isolate

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Further reading

• insulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• insulate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• alunites

Latin

Participle

?nsul?te

1. vocative masculine singular of ?nsul?tus

English

Etymology

insulate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??nsj??le???n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??ns??le???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

insulation (countable and uncountable, plural insulations)

1. The act of insulating; detachment from other objects; isolation.
2. The state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation.
3. Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building.
4. (engineering) The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, or sound
5. (engineering) The state of a body so separated.
6. (electricity) a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources.

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